OBJECTIVE To assess proportionate mortality ratios (PMRs) for suicide among female and male US veterinarians from 1979 through 2015. DESIGN PMR research. SAMPLE Death data for 11,620 veterinarians. PROCEDURES Information for veterinarians who died throughout 1979 through 2015 was obtained from AVMA obituary and life insurance coverage databases and submitted to a centralized database of US dying data to acquire… Continue reading
